Pence took several weeks longer than the president to choose former USA attorney and Virginia state attorney general Richard Cullen as his counsel on the myriad of ongoing Russia-related investigations.

Trump hired his own lawyer last month to handle Russia-related inquiries by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US congressional committees.

"The vice president has retained Richard Cullen of McGuire Woods to assist him in responding to inquiries by the special counsel", Pence's communications director Jared Agen said in a statement.

Vice-President Mike Pence has hired an outside lawyer to handle his response to inquiries into possible ties between President Trump's campaign and Russian Federation.

According to the Washington Post, Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency, and Richard Ledgett, the former deputy director at the NSA, agreed to be interviewed by Mueller's investigators as early as this week.

The latest media reports say the obstruction of justice investigation began just days after Mr Trump fired Mr Comey on 9 May.

Cullen was also the special counsel to former senator Paul S Trible Jr. Every time his opponent, vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine, brought up a statement by Trump-a public, documented statement, the veracity of which Americans could easily validate-Pence did not embellish.

The document said there was "an obvious case" of obstruction that was never investigated against former Attorney General Loretta Lynch related to the FBI investigation of Clinton's email server.

Richard Cullen is known for representing high profile clients. And aides to Pence, who was running the transition team, said the vice president was never informed of Flynn's overseas work with Turkey, either.

The White House has said the president "has never asked Mr Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn". In keeping with a new practice, she referred one after another to Trump's personal lawyer.

With the special counsel investigation and congressional inquiries into Russia's involvement in the 2016 election beginning, everyone is looking for ways to protect themselves.

A senior administration adviser acknowledged there have been weeks of hand-wringing behind closed doors among members of Pence's team, and an acceptance that the questions about Russian Federation and the Trump campaign were not disappearing.

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He said some of the militants also fired from within the crowd indiscriminately on the security forces engaged in the encounter. Matoo's body was taken to his native village this morning, reports said. 24-year-old Mattoo joined militancy in June 2015.

China has also scheduled a launch of the core module of its manned space station in 2019 that will get into operation by 2022. Specifically, Insight will seek out new black hole activity by searching the Milky Way for celestial bodies that emit X-rays.

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Sava said that, while Scalise remains in critical condition , his risk of death is substantially lower now than when he came in. Scalise, of Louisiana, underwent surgery Wednesday night to fix a broken hip and another procedure to stem heavy bleeding.

The EIA expects USA output to grow by 460,000 bpd in 2017, while OPEC forecasts US production to increase by 800,000 bpd in 2017. He said he believed the price of global benchmark Brent crude would have to drop to $45 a barrel before USA rig growth slowed.

The panel sent a bipartisan letter this month to White House counsel Don McGahn seeking an answer by this Friday. The Secret Service has said it has no records of any recording systems or transcripts of any conversations Mr.

But Real Madrid , the two-time defending European champion, won't allow Ronaldo to dictate terms of his potential exit. How many clubs can afford to spend £131m on a 32-year-old player? " Manchester United is a club he has in his heart".

Lawyers who represent 12 people who lost loved ones in the 2012 massacre urged NBC News officials not to air the interview. NBC Connecticut is committed to giving the Sandy Hook families a voice, today, tomorrow and in the future .

Out teams really hungry to keep learning, keep moving forward, keep improving. "We know if we stand still, they'll catch us". Oracle made an unforced error when its 50-foot catamaran came off its foils early on the downwind second leg.

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